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May 26, 1931. s c 1,806,955

SHIFTING NARROW DOOR WALL BED Filed June 27. 1929 CLOSET INVENTOR. 8 flE/L. .Suvcuwe A TTORNE YS.

Patented May 26, 1931 UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE Q NEIL SINCLAIR, .01? OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIG-NOR TO RIP VAN WINKLE WALL BED GOMPANY, INC OF OAKLAND, GALEFOR-NIA, .COIBPORATIQN OF CALIFORNIA SHIFTING NARHO JV DOOR WALL BED Application filed June 27,

- This invention relates to wall beds of the type known as narrow door wall beds in which the bed swings from out of a closet from a position along oneside of a wall to a similar position along the outside of the wall after passing through a doorway of much less width than thewidth of the bed. The presentapplication represents a specific form of construction of the invention more broadly claimed 1n my copendlng application filed simultaneously herewith underSeria'l No. 374,041.

The objects of my invention are to provide improvements in the mountings of such beds "whereby a wider passageway through the door-way alongside .the bed is had with the bed positioned either in or out of the closet, than :has heretofore been possible without resorting to very complicated mountings.

In the drawings accompanying, this application I show one form'of my invention, though it isto be und'erstood that variations in detailed constructions may .be made withou'tafiiecting the mode. ofioperation.

the head frame of the bed as it would appear from within the closet when the bed is therein. s

Fig. 4 is a perspective representation simi lar to that of Fig. 3 GXCEPiJiZhZItlt shows the Ilower mounting which is positioned adj acent the floor. 7

To'c'learly showthe advantages .of my construction Figs. 1 and '2 are drawn to scale using a 28 width of doorway and a full size-wall bed of about 52 in width, and showing a free'pa'ssagewayto the closet'of about 13 when the bed is out in the room (Fig. 2) and about 15 when the bed is in the closet (Fig. 1).

In further detail the wall is shown at 1,

1929., Serial No. 374,040.

the 28" width. doorway 2, closet door 3 hinged to open outward, bed 4 supposed to be any kind of a folding bed folded to upright position, 5 the head frame of the bed, 6 a pair of vertically aligned L-shaped arms pivoted at the ends of their short runs respec tively to the upper and lower portions of the bed frame at 7 on vertically aligned pivots and at the ends of their long runs at 8 to sup portingplates or brackets 9-10 respectively. secured to the door jamb and to the floor and along which brackets the pivoted ends of arms 6 are horizontally slidable in a direction preferably parallel with the wall 1 in slots 11 formed in the brackets.

' The L-shaped arms are rigidly secured together by a vertical bar or pipe 12 so that they will work as a unit and thereby virtually form onesolid arm or swinging bracket to prevent the bed from wobbling on its mountings, and as the bed is swung through the doorway lever means is provided for forcing the pivots 8 to travel along the slots ll of the brackets and which means consists of a pair of short elbow-like levers 13 each pivotally connected to pivots 8 at one end and at the other pivoted at 14 to a second or controlling lever 15 in turn pivotally connected at one end at 16 to a lug 17 extending from the brackets 9-10 and at the opposite end at 18 to a lug or bracket 19 secured to and extending from the bed frame 5.

.By the arrangement shown and described the pivoted ends f the L-shaped armswill be forced to the outer end of slots 11 as shown in Fig. 2 when the bed is out of thecloset and to the opposite end as in Fig. 1 when the bed is in the closet, a-nd'in either position controlling levers 15' insure the bed being parallel to the wall.

'By shifting the bed to the left in slots 11 when within the closet I gain the relatively large passageway to the closet indicated 15% in the drawings Fig. 1, whereas when the bed is out of the closet the bed being mounted'on the reversely extending or short 1 runs of the L-shaped arms is carried the length of these armsto the left or away from the doorway soas to provide about 13 of passageway for entering the-closet. In order to secure this approximately 13 of clearance it is also required to pivot the ends of arms at 7 to the bed at a distance displaced somewhat (about 3 from the medial line X of the bed as indicated. A greater offset would give a corresponding increase to the 13 passageway and a corresponding decrease to the 15 passageway though attention is called to the fact that the nearer the center the bed is pivotally supported the more stable it becomes and that an offset much more than that shown sets up great strains in the structure and in time will twist the frame out of shape.

The various levers and arms are so formed as indicated in the drawings so that they will not interfere with one another during the swinging of the bed from one extreme position to the other extreme position.

Having thus described my invention and explained its operation, I claim:

1. In a wall bed adapted to swing through a doorway from one side of a wall to the other side of the wall, a p ii of vertically spaced supporting brackets fixedly secured in place adjacent one jamb of the doorway and provided with guides extending along the wall away from the doorway, a pair of arms pivoted one end each to one of said guides so as to be movable along the guides and pivotal thereon, a bed frame, means pivotally connecting the bed frame with the other ends of said arms for swinging through the doorway from one side of the wall to the other, and means including a lever pivotally connecting the bed frame and a fixed point adjacent the doorway controlling the path of the bed frame in so swinging and shifting said arms along said guides, operated upon swinging the bed frame.

2. In a wall bed adapted to swing through a doorway from a position extending parallel with and along one side of a wall to a. similar position along the other side of the wall, a pair of vertically spaced supporting brackets fixedly secured in place adjacent one jamb of the doorway and provided with guides extending along the wall away from the doorway, a pair of L-shaped arms pivoted at the long end each directly to one of said guides so as to be movable along the guides and pivotal thereon, a bed frame, means pivotally connecting the bed frame with the short ends of said arms for swinging through the doorway from one side of the wall to the other, and means including a lever pivotally connecting the bed frame and a fixed point adjacent the doorway controlling the path of the bed frame in so swinging and shifting said arms along said guides Operated upon swinging the bed frame, the arrangement of said arms being such that the long sides of the Us extend substantially parallel with and along the wall when the bed frame is on one side thereof and the short sides extend substantially parallel with and along the wall when the bed frame is on the opposite side of the wall.

3. In a wall bed adapted to swing through a doorway from one side of a wall to the other side of the wall, a pair of vertically spaced supporting brackets fixedly secured in place adjacent one jamb of the doorway, said brackets provided with guides extending along the wall away from the doorway, a pair of arms pivoted at one end each to one of said guides so as to be movable along the guides and pivotal thereon, a bed frame, means pivotally connecting the bed frame with the other ends of said arms for swinging through the doorway from one side of the wall to the other, a controlling lever for each bracket pivoted at one end thereto and at the other end to the bed frame for controlling the path of travel of the same, and means operated by said levers for shifting said arms along the guides as the bed is swung.

4-. In a wall bed adapted to swing through a doorway from one side of a wall to the other side of the wall, a pair of vertically spaced supporting brackets fixedly secured in place adjacent one jamb of the doorway, said brackets provided with guides extending along the wall away from the doorway, a pair of arms pivoted at one end each to one of said guides so as to be movable along the guides and pivotal thereon, a bed frame, means pivotally connecting the bed frame with the other ends of said arms for swinging through the doorway from one side of the wall to the other, a controlling lever for each bracket pivoted at one end thereto and at the other end to the bed frame for controlling the path of travel of the same, and a second lever at each bracket pivoted at one end to said controlling lever and at the other end to a point on one of said arms arranged and adapted for shifting said arms along the guides as the bed is swung.

5. In a wall bed adapted to swing through a doorway from one side of a wall to the other side of the wall, a pair of vertically spaced guides secured adjacent the doorway and extending horizontally along the wall away from the doorway, a bed frame, a swinging bracket vertically pivoted at one end to the bed frame and pivotally and slidably connected at its other end to the spaced guides, and lever means pivotally connected to the bed frame and to said bracket and to a fixed point adjacent the j amb of the doorway arranged to cause sliding of the bracket along the guides toward the doorway as the bed is swung outwardly therethrough and in the opposite direction as the bed is returned.

NEIL SINCLAIR. 

